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The Laughing Gorilla: A True Story of Police Corruption and Murder
Robert Graysmith
Nonfiction / True Crime
The New York Times bestselling author of Zodiac now uncovers one of the most bizarre cases in the annals of American crime.
San Francisco, 1926: A series of women are slashed to death and dismembered. Incredibly, eyewitness reports claim the perpetrator was a hulking brute with razor-claws for hands who lumbered on all fours and laughed maniacally before shredding the nude flesh of his female victims. The tabloid press called him the Laughing Gorilla and loved every sensational beat of the story. For Inspector Charles Dullea of the San Francisco Police, the last honest cop in one of the most notoriously corrupt departments in the country, the serial killings raised a haunting question: who could commit such crimes? Nothing prepared Dullea for the answer.
Corruption
Jessica Shirvington
Young Adult / Science Fiction & Fantasy / Romance
How do you live with yourself when you’ve deceived the one you love?
How do you move on when the person you’ve been fighting to save betrays you?
Two years ago, Maggie Stevens began the hunt.
Four weeks ago, Maggie’s world fell apart, when she finally
found what she’d been looking for. And when Quentin,
who had blindly trusted her, unravelled her web of lies.
Now, Maggie lives in the dark. But she’s not about to stay there.
Not when she still has to bring M-Corp down.
Not when there is still a chance she could win him back.
In the exhilarating conclusion to Disruption, Maggie must do
whatever it takes to show the world the truth.
And the price for her quest?
Everything.
Isles of Corruption
Elyse Thomson
A runaway scholar. A warrior haunted by his past. And the curse that will break them... or bind them forever. Hypatia dreamed of becoming an academic—until her research was used for treason. When her past threatens to catch up with her, the mage decides to seek safety abroad. But in so doing, she's tricked into taking another's place as the bride of a grim warrior on a monster-infested frontier. Obsessed with fame and fortune, Sigimar gained glory battling the curse shrouding a nearby kingdom—and lost his brother in the process. Disillusioned and grief-stricken, the hulking elf is ordered to marry a princess whose magic can keep the curse at bay. Except he weds Hypatia, a beautiful substitute he yearns for but knows he must set free. Hypatia refuses to become monster fodder, which means journeying to Sigimar's king to dissolve their marriage contract. Yet in the shelter of Sigimar's embrace she finds a...
COBALT (Capitol Corruption)
Lawless, Linny
When a ruthless rogue and reckless vixen collide, a hell of a lot more than hearts may break.NolanI like women the way I like money – as much as I want, anytime, anywhere. I work hard and play harder, running the sleezy and corrupt business that comes in and out of the MGM National Harbor Casino, in the heart of Washington, DC. There are only a few men I trust, one of them being Dane Neri—boss of the corrupt empire in Atlantic City.After his sister gets into some trouble, Dane entrusts me to watch over her. Gina is stunningly beautiful and drives all my senses into a deranged frenzy. I'm going to keep her all to myself. And have her anytime, anywhere, and as much as I want.I even marry the feisty little brat to keep up this fake-ass charade, until she's almost taken from me. Now my feelings are anything but fake, and I'll set Washington, DC on fire to keep her safe, by my side, and in my bed—no matter who I have to hurt to make it happen.GinaMy brother, Dane, is a powerful man, and he tries to shield me from his playground of dirty business in Atlantic City. But I also deal dirty, to my brother's disapproval, and now my life is on the line. Dane takes me out of one city and drops me into another, just as corrupt and treacherous.I land right on the lap of Nolan Reynolds, the arrogant, egotistical rogue who runs the MGM. All I want to do is give him a taste of his own medicine—play him as I do other men. But I'm forced into a marriage with Nolan, I'm snared in a trap and there's no way out, because my heart and soul will fall deep when I look into his cobalt blue eyes.I've always looked out for me first, but living means a lot now, because in the blackest moments, all I can think about is the hell that would come if I had to live without Nolan.
Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition
Chetan Bhagat
Fiction
Book Summary of Revolution 2020 Once upon a time, in small-town India, there lived two intelligent boys. One wanted to use his intelligence to make money. One wanted to use his intelligence to create a revolution. The problem was, they both loved the same girl. Welcome to Revolution 2020. A story about childhood friends Gopal, Raghav and Aarti who struggle to find success and love in Varanasi. However, it isn't easy to achieve this in an unfair society that rewards the corrupt. As Gopal gives in to the system, and Raghav fights it, who will win? From the bestselling author of Five Point Someone, one night @ the call center, The Three Mistakes of My Life and 2 States, comes another gripping tale from the heartland of India. Are you ready for the revolution?
Urgent Matters: an electric Argentinian noir about police corruption and the media
Paula Rodriguez
'An essential read' Agustina Bazterrica, author of Tender is the Flesh'Fast paced, has action, suspense and great characters' Claudia Piñeiro, International-Booker shortlisted author of Elena KnowsA train crashes in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, leaving forty-three people dead. A prayer card of Saint Expeditus, the patron saint of urgent matters, flutters above the wreckage.Hugo, a criminal on the run for murder, is on the train. He seizes his chance to sneak out of the wreckage unsuspected, abandoning his possessions - and, he hopes, his identity - among bodies mangled beyond all recognition.As the police descend on the scene, only grizzled Detective Domínguez sees a link between the crash and his murder case. Soon, he's on Hugo's tail. But he hasn't banked on everything from the media to Hugo's mother-in-law getting in the way.
Bribery, Corruption Also
Part #23 of "Ghote" series by H. R. F. Keating
Indian Inspector Ghote, officer of the Bombay Police, is on leave to accompany his wife to Calcutta where she has inherited a house from a relative. Protima, Ghote's wife, has fond childhood memories of the house, and hopes to live there. Upon their arrival, they face a frustrating legal maze in trying to obtain the property. The city seems corrupt on every level. Ghote can trust no one and suspects that control of the house is part of a conspiracy to develop the nearby wetlands. Grave danger threatens Ghote before he can discover the slippery truth.
Corruption
Jennifer Blackstream
An exorcism went horribly, horribly wrong.Did the ritual fail?Or was it sabotaged...Shade is a witch, not an exorcist. But when two priests are killed during an exorcism, the surviving witness begs Shade to find out who—or what—is responsible.And what good is a private investigator who's afraid of the tough cases?Danger mounts as Shade plunges into a world of hedonism to wade through the muddy waters of good vs evil. If she's going to survive against the army of enemies piling up, she's going to need help. But who can she trust when the demon who survived the exorcism creates chaos among allies and suspects alike?After all, with the proper temptation, anyone can be corrupted…
Corruption!
Elizabeth Ducie
Out of fear. Out of greed. Out of evil. Corruption springs from many roots. Teenagers fall prey to a deadly new drug craze sweeping across Russia. Pharmaceuticals destined for Africa turn up on the backstreets of Moscow, St Petersburg and Vladivostok. Regulator Suzanne Jones and her sister, Charlie, fight to stop the pushers before more kids die. But will their discoveries mean a friend goes to prison? And are they putting their loved ones in danger? With old adversaries and surprising new allies, the Jones sisters face their toughest challenge to date. The heart-stopping final episode in the Suzanne Jones series of thrillers set in the sometimes murky world of international pharmaceuticals.
Cake and Corruption (A Sweetwater Springs Southern Mystery Book 6)
S. C. Merritt
It's wedding week and as mother of the bride, Glory wants her daughter's wedding to be a day she'll never forget. But when her address is found in the pocket of an unidentified body in a car crash, Glory's biggest nightmare becomes reality. The past has followed her to Sweetwater Springs and it's not going away without a fight. Can she solve the mystery and maybe even her husband's two-year-old cold case murder in the process? Glory, Momma, a few of the new in-laws are working against the clock to discover the truth and expose the killer before the wedding bells toll.
The Chronicles of Jonathon Postlethwaite : The Seed of Corruption
David S Denny
Deep in the dark depths of the dystopian city of Dubh, a young man begins his battle against a being with no soul. With all his family murdered by the sadistic Silus Flax, Jonathan Postlethwaite beings his campaign to avenge his family and destroy his evil nemesis and the city that has spawned him. Page turning plot propels the story to a scintillating and apocalyptic finale ...Deep in the dark depths of the archaic dystopian city of Dubh, a young man begins his battle against a being with no soul. With all his family murdered by the sadistic Silus Flax, Jonathan Postlethwaite begins his campaign to avenge his family and destroy his evil nemesis and the foul city that has spawned him. Flax soon senses Jonathon’s presence and the threat he poses to his plans to rule Dubh …and break out of a captive dimension to present day Earth and beyond.So begins a battle against time for Jonathon as Flax puts his plans into action to claim Dubh as his domain and its corrupted citizens as his slaves; and find a way to Earth. Day by day Flax seeks out the young Postlethwaite and his unlikely and contrasting group of allies, while Jonathon slowly formulates a plan that will create the Destruction of Dubh – unless Flax finds him first.Full of splendid, believable characters and dark humour, the Seed of Corruption is set against the gloom and misery of the City of Dubh and the deep struggle that takes place there. David Denny creates a novel which is an intense and entertaining story which explores human nature at its extremes. Page after page of tense drama unfolds in a hurtling narrative taking the tale to a scintillating and apocalyptic finale….but with a twist.
Profiles in Corruption
Peter Schweizer
Washington insiders operate by a proven credo: when a Peter Schweizer book drops, duck and brace for impact.For over a decade, the work of five-time New York Times bestselling investigative reporter Peter Schweizer has sent shockwaves through the political universe. Clinton Cash revealed the Clintons' international money flow, exposed global corruption, and sparked an FBI investigation. Secret Empires exposed bipartisan corruption and launched congressional investigations. And Throw Them All Out and Extortion prompted passage of the STOCK Act. Indeed, Schweizer's "follow the money" bombshell revelations have been featured on the front pages of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and regularly appear on national news programs, including 60 Minutes.Now Schweizer and his team of seasoned investigators turn their focus to the nation's top progressives—politicians who strive to acquire more government power to achieve their...
The Wolf Pack : Power, Money, Corruption
Gerald Sathiyasiva
In a world where power dominates, two alpha males in their prime go head to head in this thrilling and exciting book. This Book captures the real world struggles and ruthlessness for power. One of them is motivated to keep the power he has, the other to gain as much power as he can on the way to the most coveted office in all the land. But both of them are connected in a way they can't admit.In a world where power dominates, two alpha males in their prime go head to head in this thrilling and exciting book one chapter at a time. This Book manages to capture the real world struggles and ruthlessness for power.One of them is motivated to keep the power he has, the other to gain as much power as he can on the way to the most coveted office in all the land. But both of them are connected in a way they don't know and cannot admit.
A Corruption of Blood
Ambrose Parry
Historical / Historical Fiction / Mystery
Edinburgh, 1850. This city will bleed you dry. Dr Will Raven is a man seldom shocked by human remains, but even he is disturbed by the contents of a package washed up at the Port of Leith. Stranger still, a man Raven has long detested is pleading for his help to escape the hangman. Back in the townhouse of Dr James Simpson, Sarah Fisher has set her sights on learning to practise medicine. Almost everyone seems intent on dissuading her from this ambition, but when word reaches her that a woman has recently obtained a medical degree despite her gender, Sarah decides to seek her out. Raven's efforts to prove his former adversary's innocence are failing and he desperately needs Sarah's help. Putting their feelings for one another aside, their investigations take them to both extremes of Edinburgh's social divide, where they discover that wealth and status cannot alter a fate written in the blood.
Time Travel Police Corruption
Chad Descoteaux
Science Fiction / Young Adult
Detective Aileen Buckman has just uncovered a terrible secret, about corruption among her superiors in the Time Travel Police Department. How will she expose this diabolical plot without getting...erased...by the corrupt leader of the TTPD and his ruthless mob confidant?Becoming Sivingdel’s kingpin is no easy task, and ex-boxer Righty Rick’s ascension to this level without incurring a single arrest is even more remarkable. But when several of his top-ranking criminal associates are hauled off to jail in a single catch, he finds his lack of experience with the criminal justice system to be more of a liability than an asset.Not wanting to turn his back on his men, but leery about waltzing into the police station to attempt a bribe, he vacillates on the correct course of action. His decision is disastrous, leaving him facing state and federal drug trafficking charges and making exposure of his closely guarded identity seem more a matter of when than if.Righty chooses to fight back, unleashing an eruption of violence the likes of which have not been seen in the city for centuries, if ever. But he thinks he sees a course that, at the end of it all, will leave him more firmly in charge than ever before.
For King and Corruption
Kel Carpenter
After five months of journeying across the continent with her sister, Quinn is finally ready to return to the king she swore to serve. But war has been brewing over Norcasta in her absence. While Lazarus may reign as king, there are those that would see the blood heirs in power instead. Quinn, however, will never let that happen. Her brutality threatens to drive a wedge between her and those she cares about, but they should know she would do anything to protect them. Caught between the wills of his Left and Right Hands, Lazarus must navigate the pit of vipers that is his court and decide what sort of king he wants to be. But when Quinn pushes too far, she ignites a series of events that will either cement his rule, or destroy House Fierté entirely.
Pyramid Schemes: Corruption, Insanity and Miracles: How Non-League Football Became Massive
Fred Atkins
Non-league football is a multi-million pound industry that exists in a permanent state of chaos. Its clubs have been owned by Hollywood superstars like Ryan Reynolds, footballing galacticos like David Beckham and business tycoons like Dale Vince, but it’s still run like a whelk stall.
The pyramid system gives thousands of clubs a chance of reaching the top, but it comes at a in nearly 50 years since it was formed, for every club that’s reached the promised land of the Football League another has gone bust trying.
Fred Atkins, co-writer of the film "Gate Money," was there as a six-year-old fan when the Alliance Premier League was born in 1979 and watched it evolve into a business watched by nearly two million people a year.
Pyramid Schemes is the story of a football revolution that took place years before Sky claimed to have reinvented the game and of the barely believable triumphs, scandals and fiascos that happened during nearly half a century of insanity.
Corruption in the Or
Part #1 of "The Outlander Physician" series by Barbara Ebel
Suspense / Thriller / Fiction
Born of Corruption
Teri Brown
Returning to the atmospheric and mysterious Jazz Age world of Born of Illusion, Teri Brown's Born of Corruption is a 64-page companion digital novella about what happens when New York City's most notorious socialites, mobsters, and bootleggers get together for a larger-than-life scavenger hunt . . . and someone gets killed. Cynthia Gaylord, a vivacious blonde flapper and the niece of one of the most infamous mob bosses in New York City, loves scavenger hunts, and the one she's putting together for her best friend Anna's going-away party is going to be the swankiest one ever. But then, Anna Van Housen is no ordinary friend. She is reputed to be Harry Houdini's illegitimate daughter and a magician of the first order--and she possesses psychic powers.Before Anna leaves for a European tour with her vaudeville company, Cynthia throws open the doors of her Gramercy Park mansion for a giant bash, but when one of the guests turns up dead, Cynthia and...
Innocent Corruption
Larissa Lyons
*MAD*WARNING* If you like your encounters hot an’ against the wall and without unnecessary foreplay (Names? Who needs ’em?) this story’s for you. Mature audiences only!
He lurks in the shadows, waiting, watching. Keeping himself apart. Not intentionally of course, it’s just who he is, what life has made him—gritty, suspicious and hard. Definitely hard for the root beer-and-rum swigging, sinfully dressed sweetheart who’s just edged up to the bar. He wants her and he’s a man used to taking anything he desires.
*MAD*FACTS* 3000 words • Contemporary Erotica • Sex with Strangers. AWARDED ~ Hot New Erotic Voice, 2008 BetterSex.com Erotic Fiction Contest.
Breath of Corruption
Caro Fraser
The charismatic and brilliant lawyer, Leo Davies, is now head of chambers at 5 Caper Court and he's beginning to feel the weight of his responsibilities. There's discontent among his fellow barristers, and Leo begins to question whether he wants to continue the nine to five grind when he could be working from home and spending more time with his young son.When irregularities crop up in the paperwork of a case Leo is working on for the construction magnate, Sir Dudley Humble, Leo finds himself drawn into a world of Ukrainian gangsters, money-laundering and prostitute trafficking with potentially dire consequences for himself and his family.
Conklin's Corruption
Part #3 of "Conklin's Trilogy" series by Brooke Page
Romance / Contemporary
“You can’t get caught up in this dicey scheme, Becca. He’ll ruin you.”His eyes were as big as saucers, childlike and pleading. Tyler was terrified and in way too deep, barely hanging on by a thread from the mess his family created.I adored and cherished him more than my own life. I had to keep him safe...
Absolute Corruption: Southern Justice Trilogy
Cayce Poponea
ABSOLUTE CORRUPTION Book Two in the bestselling Southern Justice Trilogy
“Hold a door open for your girl, not because it’s expected of you, but because it gives you a moment to appreciate her as she walks ahead of you.”
Austin Morgan left the safety of his home in Charleston, accepting a position in New York City to make a name for himself. He wanted to earn his reputation through hard work, inventive ideas, dedication, and not by the legacy or influence of his family’s name. His dedication to work leaves little time for a social life or the promises forgotten, creating the perfect opportunity for deception to reach its greedy hand out and grab ahold of this Southern born gentlemen. What will happen when he has to make an unexpected trip home and rediscovers what is really important? Will his eyes finally be opened to the deceit and misplaced trust of those around him?
“Never let the fear of falling keep you from learning how to fly.”
Lainie Perry has never backed down from a challenge her entire life. She has come to count on her wits and stamina in achieving her goals. She has left her fears and those who would prey upon them in the dust. What happens, though, when her latest adversary exists only in her mind? Can she win the battle when the imagined enemy is already dead? Or will she need to seek help for this struggle?
Can these two find the help they need in each other? The answer is... Absolute Corruption, the second installment of the Southern Justice Trilogy.
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Corruption Officer
Gary L. Heyward
In this shocking memoir from a former corrections officer, Gary Heyward shares an eye-opening, gritty, and salacious insider’s account of his descent into criminal life, selling drugs inside the infamous Rikers Island jails.Gary Heyward’s life changed forever when he received a letter from the New York City Department of Corrections announcing he was accepted into the academy for new recruits. For the Harlem-born ex-Marine, being an officer of the law was the ticket he’d been waiting for to move up from a low-wage security job and out of the Polo Ground Projects in New York City—and take his mother with him. Heyward was warned of the temptations he’d encounter as a new officer, but when faced with financial hardship, he suddenly found himself unable to resist the income generated from smuggling contraband inside the jail. In this astonishing memoir, Heyward takes readers on a journey behind the walls of Rikers Island, showing how he teamed...
Cave of Corruption
S Mays
Two friends, Natalie and Alexander, come face to face with a terrifying supernatural force within a cave deep in the forest. The encounter will leave one of them dead, and the other haunted by the guilt of what happened that night. Yet the otherworldly presence is not done with either of them...
Complete Corruption (Corruption #1-3)
C. D. Reiss
Can be read as a STANDALONE!Theresa Drazen can have plenty of guys, but the one she can't keep away from....the one she's just about addicted to, is more than forbidden. With felony-black eyes and a mouth built for lies, loving him is one step away from illegal. But her body keeps overriding her brain. Maybe it's time to stop playing by the rules. Antonio is obsessed. Theresa's the last woman he should touch. She's going to get him killed. She's dangerous. Poison. The wrong woman. Except...she's perfect. And they both figure...one more time. Just one more time. One more time and they won't get caught. One more time and they won't get killed. One. More. Time....... MATURE AUDIENCES--Rough sex. Dirty talk. Criminal activity. Cursing. Fisticuffs. Closed course. Professional driver. Do not try this at home.**
No Lights, No Sirens: The Corruption and Redemption of an Inner City Cop
Robert Cea
A New York Police Officer's relentless journey into the criminal netherworld, told with brutal truth and honesty. Perhaps Neitzsche described Rob Cea's life best, way before he was born: "Take care when chasing the animals; for you can very well become the animal you are chasing." No Lights, No Sirens is a sojourn so dirty and nasty it defies belief. Rob Cea starts off as an idealistic young cop, a true believer in the system for which he works tirelessly. He is sadly mistaken. The system he tried so hard to appease ultimately led to his downfall and the ruination of his life. What separates this from other cop—and—robber stories is the brutal authenticity from the cop himself. We will see and hear exactly what is discussed in a patrol car. We will see how the law was—and is—routinely bent to make collars stick any way possible. And we will see how Cea slowly spirals to depths of hell. No Lights, No Sirens is simplistic in its scope: A young idealistic boy becomes a man through fire, and then becomes exactly what he has been chasing for so long, a hardened man possessed by demons. With rapid fire and gritty narrative, Cea writes about his fall to the depths, and his salvation. We see the dark side of detective work in New York's most crime—riddled neighborhoods from a first-hand view never before seen.
